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NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU

The NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU is a laptop graphics processor. It scores 6,541 in the PassMark G3D benchmark.

Mobile

1/10 key specs recorded · 23 facts

Depth: 13 recorded fields, 9 features, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified July 25, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and NVIDIA Developer: Video Encode and Decode GPU Support Matrix. Coverage: 1 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark NVIDIA Developer: Video Encode and Decode GPU Support Matrix PassMark Videocard Benchmark

Shading units

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Memory

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Boost clock

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Board power

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Performance

The NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU scores 6,541 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 84.1% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #428), measured across 974 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 412.

PassMark G3D Mark

6,541

Rank #428
Faster than 84.1% of 2,658 GPUs
974 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 83 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 71.9% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 35 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 70.3% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 40 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 65.5% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 38 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 73.1% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 2,912 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 73.4% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU averages DirectX 9 83 fps, DirectX 10 35 fps, DirectX 11 40 fps, DirectX 12 38 fps and GPU Compute 2,912 ops/s, across 974 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Mobile

First benchmarked 2022-12-20

Samples 974

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

Not to be confused with

This page covers the NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU specifically. It is a different product from NVIDIA RTX A500 Embedded GPU, NVIDIA RTX A5000, NVIDIA RTX A5000 Laptop GPU, NVIDIA RTX A500 Mobile, NVIDIA RTX A5000 Mobile, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.

Market

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Segment Laptop

Series RTX

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 6,541

PassMark G2D 412

Rank #428

Samples 974

Media engine

The NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU provides hardware encode for H.264 (AVC) and HEVC (H.265) and hardware decode for H.264 (AVC), HEVC (H.265), AV1 and VP9. It does not support hardware encode for AV1.

NVIDIA NVENC encoder 7th Generation Encoder engines: 1NVIDIA's dedicated video-encoding engine, used by streaming and capture software; newer generations encode more efficiently.

NVIDIA NVDEC decoder 5th Generation Decoder engines: 1NVIDIA's dedicated video-decoding engine; newer generations support more codecs and formats.

Hardware video codec support of the NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU
Codec	Encode	Decode
H.264 (AVC)	Supported4:4:4: Yes	Supported
HEVC (H.265)	Supported4:2:2: No; 4:4:4: Yes; 10-bit: Yes; B-frames: Yes; 8K: Yes	Supported4:4:4: Yes
AV1	Not supported	Supported
VP9	Not stated by the vendor	Supported

supported explicitly not supported not stated by the vendor

Media engines recorded for the NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU: NVIDIA NVENC encoder (7th Generation, encoder engines: 1) and NVIDIA NVDEC decoder (5th Generation, decoder engines: 1).

Naming and aliases

The NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU (Mobile).

Other names (PassMark) NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU (Mobile)

Frequently asked questions

How fast is the NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU?

The NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop GPU scores 6,541 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 84.1% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #428. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 38 fps.